Photos: The World in Photos (Dec. 5)

Shuji Kajiyama, AP12.05.2012

The goal-line monitoring device is demonstrated before the media at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.

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A Lebanese army soldier, stands on top of a tank during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012. Gunmen loyal to opposite sides in neighboring Syria's civil war battled in the streets of northern Lebanon and the death toll from two days of fighting was at least five killed and tens wounded, officials said. The fighting comes at a time of deep uncertainty in Syria, with rebels closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, arrives to visit his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in hospital in central London December 5, 2012 where she is receiving treatment for acute morning sickness.Getty Images
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A Boeing 737-600 Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, plane having ice cleared from its fuselage as it stands at terminal 5, Arland airport outside Stockholm, Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012. Only one runway track is open due to the heavy snow fall and many flights have been canceled. (AP Photo / Johan Nilsson / SCANPIX) SWEDEN OUT

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s supporters and opponents clash outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Wednesday’s clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Christmas products are pictured on December 4, 2012 at the Galeries Lafayette Paris department store, ahead of the Christmas celebrations.Miguel Medina
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Supporters wait on December 4, 2012 in Nairobi for Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Trade Minister Moses Wetangula after they announced a powerful alliance as running mates in presidential elections due in March 2013. The former rivals along with leaders of 10 other smaller parties, signed an agreement in front of thousands of supporters to form the Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) party. Odinga is widely tipped to be the presidential candidate with Musyoka as his deputy, although no formal announcement was made.Tony Karumba
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Bahraini Shiite Muslim youth try to block a road during a demonstration in solidarity with political prisoners and against the government in the village of Malikiya, south of Manama, on December 4, 2012. Bahrain's Court of Cassation has set a January 7 date to announce its verdict in the trial of 13 Shiite opposition leaders jailed for their role in last year's unrest, their lawyers said.Mohammed Al-Shaikh
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One of the three tiger cubs orphaned by Swiss Shepherd dog, Talli, rests near Talli's own cubs in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, on December 4, 2012. Three little tigers, two male and one female cubs, were born last month in the Oktyabrsky Zoo in Sochi but abandoned by their birth mother, tigress Bagira.MIKHAIL MORDASOV
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An Afghan amputee lifts weights at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospital for war victims and the disabled in Mazar-i Sharif on December 4, 2012. The ICRC Orthopaedic Project, which began in 1988 in Kabul, now has seven centres in various Afghan provinces.Qais Usyan
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Farmers from the Brazilian northeast carry out a demonstration holding cattle skulls in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on December 4, 2012. The protesters demand the cancellation of their debts and help from the government to alleviate the effects of the drought that rages over the region this year.Pedro Ladeira
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Indian laborers work to construct a temporary pontoon bridge over the River Ganges for the upcoming Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the festival in January 2013, which falls every twelfth year.Rajesh Kumar Singh
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A woman carrying her child wades through a flooded road brought about by heavy rains due to Typhoon Bopha, as she evacuates to a safer place, in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province, in southern island of Mindanao on December 4, 2012. Typhoon Bopha killed 43 people in one hard-hit Philippine town December 4, local television station ABS-CBN reported from the scene.AFB
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A man runs next to a bike covered with frost and snow in Sodermalm, Stockholm, Sweden on December 4, 2012.Jonathan Nackstrand
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A Egyptian woman prays in front of Egyptian security as they lay out barbed wire along streets leading to the Itihadiya presidential palace in the neighbourhood of Heliopolis in Cairo, on December 4, 2012. Opponents of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi were to march on the Itihadiya presidential palace to protest his power grab and a controversial draft charter, as the country plunged deeper into crisis.AFP
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Media gather outside the King Edward VII hospital in central London where Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted with a severe form of morning sickness, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child, it was announced Monday. The Duchess of Cambridge is suffering from a severe form of morning sickness in the early stages of her pregnancy, and is widely expected to stay in hospital for several days. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan waves at his party supporters during parliamentary elections campaign in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Leaders for Japan's biggest political parties kicked off the campaign Tuesday for parliamentary elections to be held in less than two weeks with visits to nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima prefecture. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

Jennifer Lopez performs live on stage during her ‘Dance Again World Tour’ at The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay on December 4, 2012 in Singapore.Suhaimi Abdullah
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Residents brave heavy rains next to a tilted electric post after Typhoon Bophal hit the city of Tagum, Davao del Norter province, in southern island of Mindanao on December 4, 2012. Typhoon Bopha smashed into the southern Philippines early December 4, as more than 40,000 people crammed into shelters to escape the onslaught of the strongest cyclone to hit the country this year.STR
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German Chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, Angela Merkel delivers her keynote speech at the Party's 2012 convention in Hannover, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The ruling CDU will elect a new board and re-elect Angela Merkel as the party's chairwoman at the convention. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Protesters burn portraits of Garut District Chief Aceng Fikri during a protest in the town of Garut, West Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Hundreds of Indonesians rallied Tuesday to demand a Fikri's resignation following his text message divorce to a 17-year-old girl four days after their marriage alleging that she was not a virgin when they married as he had expected. Fikri says he spent about $26,000 on the wedding. (AP Photo)

France's President Francois Hollande is seen in front of " La Liberte Guidant le Peuple", a painting by Eugene Delacroix during the inauguration of the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The museum in Lens is to open on Dec. 12, as part of a strategy to spread art beyond the traditional bastions of culture in Paris to new audiences in the provinces. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool)

People walk past a Christmas tree in Red Square, with the GUM State Department Store at right, in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. A heavy snow fall hit Moscow early morning but it melts in the above-zero temperature.Alexander Zemlianichenko
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Snow falls on December 3, 2012 on Christmas trees on a square in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg.PATRICK HERTZOG
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Shane Warne speaks during the Big Bash League season launch at Southbank Spillway on December 3, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.Quinn Rooney
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Pope Benedict XVI wrote a message on Twitter Monday praising Jesus and announcing the launch of a new Vatican website in the first "tweet" by a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.AFP/Getty Images
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Turkish women hold as they gather near the Russian consulate in Istanbul protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Istanbul, on December 3, 2012. Putin arrived in Istanbul on Monday for a landmark visit due to focus on resolving differences with Turkey over the 20-month crisis in war-ravaged Syria.Bulent Kilic
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul on December 3, 2012. Putin arrived in Istanbul on December 3 for a landmark visit due to focus on resolving differences with Turkey over the 20-month crisis in war-ravaged Syria.Tolga Bozoglu
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Indian forestry workers look at the body of an elephant after it was struck by a passenger train at Mahananda Wildlife Sanctury, some 35 kms from Siliguri on December 3, 2012. The two year old female elephant was hit by a speeding train while crossing the track as several trains pass along the route in the state of West Bengal's Dooars Forest. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu
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Members of the protest group 'Avaaz' - dressed as cowboy caricatures of David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch - campaign outside the Houses of Parliament for the Government to implement legislation following the Leveson report on December 3, 2012 in London, England. The activists are calling for a 20% limit on the percentage of the media one individual can own.Oli Scarff
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A child affected by Down Syndrome takes part in a dolphin therapy session at the cultural and health center Nemo in the Belarus capital Minsk, on December 3, 2012.Viktor Drachev
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Afghan children from the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) perform during a show at the French Culture Center in Kabul on December 3, 2012. Children from The Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) held entertainment programs in the Afghan capital and other big cities.Massoud Hossaini
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M23 rebel fighters are seen walking up a hill overlooking Goma, six kilometers from the center of the eastern Congo city, Monday Dec. 3, 2012. Rebels, who finally withdrew from this regional capital over the weekend, said they are waiting for a 48-hour deadline to expire on Monday afternoon, before deciding if they will take back the city. After a nearly two-week occupation, the M23 rebel group agreed to leave Goma on the condition that Congo's government enters into negotiations with them by 2 p.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Kashmiri Muslims approach a black bear which caused panic in the Zakoora area on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 3, 2012. Unregulated expansion of farmland and increasing movement of people and transport vehicles through traditional wild animal corridors are prompting bears and leopards to enter villages and towns to search for food.Tauseef Mustafatauseef
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Two men walk through Stirling Castle graveyard on December 3, 2012 in Stirling, Scotland. Snow and sleet has hit many parts of Scotland with heavier falls expected over higher grounds.Jeff J Mitchell
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Saskatoon loves its Christmas lights. The Enchanted Forest draws thousands of vehicles each week. The late Bob Hinitt worked for months building his light display, which drew thousands of cars each year to Wiggins Avenue. And Scott Lambie on Clinkskill Drive has continued the tradition with more than 70,000 dancing lights (up from 50,000 last […]

When it comes to gift giving, they say it’s the thought that counts. But many are wondering if Mayor Drew Dilkens was thinking at all when he gave Olympic superstar Michael Phelps — whose battles with booze are well known — a big bottle of Canadian Club whisky.

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